032.2021 Authorizing Advance Payments to Emergency-Rescue Squads Under Current Agreements
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADVANCE PAYMENTS TO
BAY RIDGE, NORTH QUEENSBURY AND WEST GLENS FALLS
EMERGENCY/RESCUE SQUADS UNDER CURRENT AGREEMENTS
RESOLUTION NO.: 32, 2021
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Timothy McNulty
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, general emergency ambulance services are provided to the Town of Queensbury
by the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc., North Queensbury Rescue Squad, Inc., and West Glens Falls
Emergency Squad, Inc., (Squads) in accordance with agreements between each Rescue Squad and the
Town, and
WHEREAS, the Town’s agreements with the Squads expired on December 31, 2020, and
WHEREAS, in such Agreements the Town and Squads have agreed that the terms and
provisions of the existing agreements may continue during the interim period pending execution of new
agreements which is anticipated to occur sometime during the first several weeks of 2021, and
WHEREAS, the Squads may face cash flow shortages before the new agreements can be
executed and therefore the Town Board wishes to authorize advance payments under the current
Agreements, which if new agreements are entered into will constitute advance payments on the 2021
agreements to the Squads, such advances to be deducted from contract payments to be paid if and after
the 2021 contracts are ratified,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor to
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approve payment of 1/12 of the respective 2020 Contract Amount(s) for operations and paid staffing
to the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc., North Queensbury Rescue Squad, Inc., and West Glens Falls
Emergency Squad, Inc., (Squads) under the current Agreements, which payments will constitute
advance payments on the new general emergency ambulance services 2021 Agreement(s) if such
agreements are entered into, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that should new emergency ambulance services 2021 Agreements not be entered
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into by January 31, 2021, then the Town Board authorizes the Town Supervisor to approve additional
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payments constituting 1/12 of the 2020 Contract Amount to the Squads during February, 2021 and
again during March, 2021 if necessary, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and
Town Budget Officer to make the necessary arrangements to make such payments which are
authorized under the current Agreements and take such other and further action as may be necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 1 day of January, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier